A reference section with categories and short explanations.
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A branched shoot or a specialized part of a shoot that usually bears numerous flowers in the axils of reduced leaves. Various types of inflorescences are formed: spikes, spadices, umbels, panicles, heads (capitula), racemes.
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Part of a stem between two adjacent nodes.
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A collection of green small leaves (bracts) that cover the base of the flower head (capitulum) in composites (Asteraceae). The involucral bracts may be arranged in several rows.
